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BDO World Trophy

For the defunct BDO major World Darts Trophy, see World Darts Trophy.

The BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February 2014 at Blackpool Tower, before it was held in May from 2016–18 in various locations. In 2019, it was held in King George's Hall in Blackburn with a three-year contract for the event to be televised by Eurosport. The tournament was organized by BDO Events, the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation.[1]

BDO World Trophy
Tournament information
VenueKing George's Hall
LocationBlackburn
CountryEngland
Established2014
Organisation(s)BDO category Major / WDF category Special
FormatLegs
Prize fund£78,000 (men), £22,000 (women)
Final Year2019
Current champion(s)
Wales Jim Williams (men)
England Lisa Ashton (women)

History

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The first World Trophy was held in February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. The Event marked the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation once he won the Lakeside Championship in 2014.

Final Results and statistics

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Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue Sponsor
Total Champion Runner-up
2014   James Wilson 90.95 13 – 11   Ross Montgomery 90.20 £80,000 £30,000 £12,000 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror
2015   Geert De Vos 86.30 10 – 9   Jeffrey de Graaf 88.20 £40,000 £10,000 £5,000 Event City, Manchester Winmau
2016   Darryl Fitton 87.84 13 – 9   Peter Machin 81.19 £78,000 £20,000 £10,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com
2017   Peter Machin 91.07 10 – 8   Martin Phillips 86.24 £38,000 £8,000 £4,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018   Glen Durrant 97.00 10 – 7   Michael Unterbuchner 95.67 £34,000 £8,000 £4,000 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau
2019   Jim Williams 85.36 8 – 6   Richard Veenstra 84.67 £34,750 £8,000 £4,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style

Finalists

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Player Won Runner-up
  Peter Machin 1 1
  Glen Durrant 1 0
  Darryl Fitton 1 0
  Geert De Vos 1 0
  Jim Williams 1 0
  James Wilson 1 0
  Jeffrey de Graaf 0 1
  Ross Montgomery 0 1
  Martin Phillips 0 1
  Michael Unterbuchner 0 1
  Richard Veenstra 0 1

Averages

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Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[2]
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
104.60   Scott Taylor 2019, Last 32   Derk Telnekes 5–3
104.55   Glen Durrant 2016, Last 16   Darius Labanauskas 3-7
103.59   Glen Durrant 2017, QF   Wesley Harms 4-7
103.44   Glen Durrant 2015, Last 32   Karel Sedláček 6-1
102.90   Glen Durrant 2018, Last 16   Tony O'Shea 6-1
102.24   Ross Montgomery 2018, Last 16   Ryan Hogarth 6-2
101.43   Darius Labanauskas 2016, Last 16   Glen Durrant 7-3
100.77   Wesley Harms 2017, Last 32   Yuya Higuchi 6-2
100.29   Peter Machin 2017, QF   Martin Adams 7-4
100.27   Glen Durrant 2018, QF   Darius Labanauskas 7-5
Five highest losing averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
104.55   Glen Durrant 2016, Last 16   Darius Labanauskas 3-7
103.59   Glen Durrant 2017, QF   Wesley Harms 4-7
99.83   Mario Vandenbogaerde 2019, Last 16   Roger Janssen 3-5
98.95   Wayne Warren 2019, Last 16   Daniel Day 4-5
98.88   Geert de Vos 2016, Last 16   Jamie Hughes 6-7
Different players with a 100+ match average - updated 4/9/2019
Player Total Highest Av. Year (+ Round)
  Glen Durrant 5 104.55 2016, Last 16
  Scott Taylor 1 104.60 2019, Last 32
  Ross Montgomery 1 102.24 2018, Last 16
  Darius Labanauskas 1 101.43 2016, Last 16
  Wesley Harms 1 100.77 2017, Last 32
  Peter Machin 1 100.29 2017, QF
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average Player Year
100.59   Glen Durrant 2017
99.47   Glen Durrant 2018
97.20   Glen Durrant 2015
95.51   Wesley Harms 2017
93.83   Darius Labanauskas 2015

Women's Championship

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Finals
Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue Sponsor
Total Champion Runner-up
2014   Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.41 9 – 7   Lisa Ashton 72.00 £14,400 £6,000 £2,400 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror
2015   Lisa Ashton 77.67 7 – 5   Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.89 £10,500 £3,000 £1,500 Event City, Manchester Winmau
2016   Lisa Ashton 83.54 7 – 4   Deta Hedman 77.13 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com
2017   Aileen de Graaf 67.32 6 – 2   Anastasia Dobromyslova 67.11 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018   Fallon Sherrock 94.22 6 – 3   Lorraine Winstanley 84.77 £13,500 £3,000 £1,500 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau
2019   Lisa Ashton 81.04 6 – 2   Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.82 £8,500 £2,000 £1,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style
Finalists
Player Won Runner-up
  Lisa Ashton 3 1
  Anastasia Dobromyslova 1 3
  Aileen de Graaf 1 0
  Fallon Sherrock 1 0
  Deta Hedman 0 1
  Lorraine Winstanley 0 1

Averages

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Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[3]
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
98.85   Lisa Ashton 2016, QF   Corrine Hammond 5–1
94.22   Fallon Sherrock 2018, F   Lorraine Winstanley 6-3
91.65   Fallon Sherrock 2018, SF   Roz Bulmer 5-0
88.41   Fallon Sherrock 2015, Last 16   Paula Jacklin 4-0
88.41   Rhian Griffiths 2017, Last 16   Lorraine Winstanley 4-0
88.17   Mikuru Suzuki 2019, Last 16   Fallon Sherrock 4-3
88.13   Anastasia Dobromyslova 2019, QF   Maria O'Brien 4-1
87.39   Lisa Ashton 2015, QF   Zoe Jones 5-0
87.08   Lorraine Winstanley 2019, Last 16   Kirsty Hutchinson 4-3
86.94   Lisa Ashton 2019, QF   Casey Gallagher 4-2
Five highest losing averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
84.77   Lorraine Winstanley 2018, Final   Fallon Sherrock 3-6
84.42   Kirsty Hutchinson 2019, Last 16   Lorraine Winstanley 3-4
82.86   Aileen de Graaf 2019, SF   Lisa Ashton 4-5
82.56   Lisa Ashton 2017, Last 16   Anca Zijlstra 3-4
81.64   Aileen de Graaf 2018, Last 16   Maria O'Brien 3-4
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average Player Year
84.15   Fallon Sherrock 2018
83.63   Anastasia Dobromyslova 2019
83.34   Fallon Sherrock 2015
82.82   Lisa Ashton 2016
81.69   Lisa Ashton 2015

Sponsors

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The tournament has been sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Winmau and SportsDirect.com. From 2019, the tournament's sponsors have been One80 and L-style

Sponsor Year
Daily Mirror 2014
Winmau 2015
2018
SportsDirect.com 2016
One80 2019
L-style 2019

Media coverage

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The BDO World Trophy was broadcast live and in its entirety by Eurosport for the first two events. After an issue with partner De:Luxe sports group the 2016 event ended up being shown on Dave in 2016. FrontRunner broadcast some of the 2017 event. A new TV channel has been found for the 2018 event when it was announced that Premier Sports will show all 5 days action. Eurosport showed the last edition of the World Trophy in 2019.

Broadcaster Years
Eurosport 2014
2015
Dave 2016
FrontRunner 2017
Premier Sports 2018
Eurosport 2019

References

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  1. ^ "BDO Events -". BDO Events.
  2. ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages
  3. ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages
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